A review was recently undertaken on the area of delayed discharges, the role of homecare and the underfunding of homecare packages. Will that report be published? Will the Government consider revisiting community-based homecare services? Much of the longer-standing, smaller homecare services, which are community based, are being driven out of the sector by the overcommercialisation of homecare service provision. In my constituency there is a service that has operated for 25 years. It does not meet the size criterion for the tendering process, however, which means a very good service with very good people is being driven out of business. Is the Government prepared to revisit that?

The review was published two or three weeks ago and is on the Department of Health website. I share the Deputy's concern about the community-based services where the new tendering arrangement has proved challenging. We are midway through a complete overhaul of the homecare service. We have taken a great deal of consultation on it during which this issue has been raised often. It is something we are aware of while we are trying to devise the new arrangements and a new plan which I hope to publish early in 2020. That should give us a clear roadmap for a service somewhat similar to fair deal, guaranteed by statute and funded in full so that everyone who needs it will get it.